players in the rankings entered the tournament at this stage. Tuesday, 24 August – 10:00 Judd Trump 3–0 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Marco Fu 3–2 Alfie Burden Matthew Selt 0–3 Martin Gould Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Dominic Dale Tuesday, 24 August – 12:00 Ricky Walden 3–1 Andy Hicks Darren Morgan 2–3 Matthew Stevens Andrew Higginson 3–1 Liang Wenbo Gerard Greene 2–3 Joe Jogia Marcus Campbell 3–1 Simon Bedford Liu Song 3–1 Michael Holt Tuesday, 24 August – 16:00 Alan McManus 3–0 Anthony McGill James Wattana 2–3 Jimmy Michie Rory McLeod 1–3 Nigel Bond Mark Davis 3–0 Jamie Jones Tony Drago 1–3 Stephen Lee Mike Dunn 3–1 Ryan Day Tuesday, 24 August – 18:00 David Morris 3–0 Ben Woollaston Mark Allen 2–3 James McBain Tuesday, 24 August – 18:00 Matthew Couch 3–0 Paul Davies Ken Doherty 3–2 Joe Perry Stuart Bingham 2–3 Jamie Cope Saturday, 18 September – 14:30 Neil Robertson 3–1 Graeme Dott Ali Carter 3–1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Stuart Pettman 2–3 Stephen Maguire Saturday, 18 September – not before 19:00 Steve Davis 1–3 Peter Ebdon Shaun Murphy 0–3 Dave Harold Sunday, 19 September – 14:00 Stephen Hendry 3–0 Bjorn Haneveer Mark Williams 3–0 Igor Figueiredo Ding Junhui 3–0 Adrian Gunnell Sunday, 19 September – not before 19:00 Paul Davison 1–3 Jimmy White Mark Selby 2–3 Barry Hawkins Monday, 20 September – 12:30 Mark King 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Main rounds Matches were played on a roll-on/roll-off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format. The draw up to and including the semi-finals were made on a random basis. All matches up to and including the semi-finals were best of 5 frames and the final was best of 9 frames. All times are BST. Last 32 Monday, 20 September – 12:30 Matthew Stevens 2–3 Alan McManus Joe Jogia 1–3 Liu Song Monday, 20 September – 19:00 Jamie Cope 3–2 Dave Harold Mike Dunn 1–3 Marcus Campbell Tuesday, 21 September – 13:00 Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Williams Ding Junhui 3–1 Jimmy Michie Stephen Lee 3–2 Nigel Bond Tuesday, 21 September – 19:00 Stephen Hendry 3–0 Mark Davis Peter Ebdon 3–2 Fergal O'Brien Wednesday, 22 September – 12:30 Neil Robertson 3–1 David Morris Wednesday, 22 September – not before 14:00 Barry Hawkins 3–1 Ken Doherty James McBain 0–3 Ricky Walden Wednesday, 22 September – 19:00 Judd Trump